The Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies include more data in its 2016 budget requests for this
fall. OMB wants benchmarks and timelines of financial investments so it can organize
its cross-agency priority goals. Beth McGrath is director of Deloitte's Federal
Practice. She's also former deputy chief management officer at the Defense
Department. In a Federal News Radio op-ed and on In Depth with Francis
Rose, McGrath said agencies should be making even more business decisions based on
data.